Manager, Project Management
About the Company
For more than two decades, FoodChain ID has been at the forefront of the New Food industry, providing expertise worldwide to navigate the requirements of an ever-growing demand for higher levels of transparency, accountability, safety, and sustainability. Our technical and business services include serving clean labels, food safety, and sustainability claims through offerings of Non-GMO Project verification, USDA Organic certification, BRC and SQF food safety certification, and more. Today, more than 30,000 companies in over 100 countries rely on our industry-leading solutions. The FoodChain ID vision encompasses nothing less than assuring the safety, transparency, and integrity of the global food chain, one client and product at a time.
Job Summar
yThe Senior Project Manager is a client facing resource who will be responsible for leading a team of colleagues and client personnel in completing projects by a set deadline to uphold business initiatives. Their duties include dividing up their budget for different project aspects and advocating for additional funding when necessary, hiring freelance professionals or selecting project team members from existing departments and setting or adjusting project schedules to adhere to deadlines
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Responsibilities and Duti
- esResponsible for direct supervision of a team of employe
- esAssist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibili
- tyDevelop project plans to monitor and track progress with clients and internal teams following standard procedures set up with the Project Management Office (Communicate contractual project deliverables with internal teams through Jira, Confluence; monitor progress and export reports for clients and PM
- O)Manage project phase deliverables and prepare milestone acceptance documents for client alignment or billing if fixed price contra
- ctManage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniqu
- esCoordinate internal resources and consultants for the flawless execution of projec
- tsManage the relationship with the client and all stakeholde
- rsCreate and maintain comprehensive project documentation and work with PMO on standard procedur
- esManage the communication with clients and attend regular online meetings to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each proje
- ctSupport to set up standard procedure to track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short and long-term goa
- lsManage the project RAID (risks, issues, actions, decisions) Log, identifying and escalating significant project concern
s.
Competenc
- iesProven client facing experience and ski
- llsPossesses a solid level of computer literacy including Office Suite software, particularly MS Proj
- ectExcellent verbal and written communications ski
- llsProven ability to manage multiple projects at a t
- imePrevious experience in industry or industrial association preferably in the Food & Beverage, Cosmetics, Chemical sectors, and project management experie
- nceBachelor's degree in a related field (Note: it can vary from Life Sciences degrees such as Food Science, Environmental Science or Economy /Law/ Information Technolog
- y.)One year of direct supervisory experie
- nceProficient in written and spoken English. (Proficiency in other languages a pl
- us)Excellent written and spoken communication skills and interpersonal skil
- ls.Ability to communicate with clients professional
- ly.Good time management skills and ability to provide on time delivery of outpu
- ts.Demonstrated ability to work well with international cross-functional teams (data teams, technology teams, management teams, subject matter expert
- s).Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skil
- ls.Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, experience with project management tools (eg MS Project, Planner, Jira, Confluen
ce)
Ideal candidates will have the follow
- ing:Project Management certifications highly desirable (eg Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP), Certified Agile Practitioner (PMI-
- ACP)Knowledge of Product Lifecyle Management (PLM), Food Safety and Compliance softw
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Seniority level
Associate -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Project Management and Information Technology -
Industries
Food and Beverage Services
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